When I talk to you I feel like this
He never said he had ANYTHING against standard cars, just that it is pointless to use a standard car over a premium version of the same car if the premium is better. For the same reason why you don't see people racing 2005 ford gt no stripes vs the 2006 ford gt, because it is common knowledge that the no stripe is always going to be faster.
Another example of the standard being better is the 05 ford mustang gt vs. the 07 mustang gt.
The fact is why would be spend time on a car that we know practically no-one owns and that will lose against it's counterpart that everyone does own?
I have never bothered to count, but I know I have over 100 cars tuned for 1/4, and I know this is true for practically all of the better 1/4mile tuners out there. Just because you only ever see the same cars doesn't mean we don't have a garage full of cars that can compete.
My team runs two tournaments a week, Tuesdays my teammate hosts a JDM tournament and Wednesdays I host a modern muscle tournament. Just look at the cars we have run so far: LFA, Mugen s2k, FT-86, svt cobra and buick gnx and coming up we have the nismo 350z z tune and the chevy ssr. Only two of those cars are premium.